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Witt takes second CC Weekly Award of the year

Oct 09, 2013

BRISTOL, Tenn. – For the second time this season, King University's Hannah Witt has been selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Women's Cross Country Runner of the Week during week number five of the 2013 season. On Friday, Witt posted a school record time en route to winning the Mountaineer Open.

At the Mountaineer Open, a meet that included six NCAA Division I schools, Witt took her second individual victory of the year, besting a pair of Virginia Tech runners by five seconds. Her 5k time of 18:05 set a new King school record, breaking the previous mark by 12 seconds. In three meets this year, the senior has posted two of the top three times in King history.

Witt and the rest of cross country team will be in action again on Friday when they run in the Royal Cross Country Challenge. The Tornado will then compete at the Conference Carolinas Championships on October 25.